Lexpo secures International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) as Education Partner for Lexpo’19

(Amsterdam) 4 February 2019 – Lexpo, Europe’s prestigious legal innovation event, today announced a partnership with the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA). For Lexpo’19 (Amsterdam, 8 & 9 April), ILTA will be Lexpo’s education partner.

Just like the previous editions, the Lexpo’19 agenda is dominated by high-caliber internationally renowned subject-matter experts. Rob Ameerun, founder of Lexpo, commented: “The most difficult part of organizing Lexpo is to find the best speakers for the themes defined by our Advisory Board. Being an expert is one thing but being able to bring the message across to the audience is equally important. Also, the different session formats at Lexpo’19 are challenging: in addition to the keynotes, standard sessions and Chief CXO Q&A sessions, Lexpo’19 will feature live case study presentations and round table discussions. The partnership with ILTA is not only a recognition for what we achieved so far, it also provides us with an unprecedented international network of highly skilled legal technologists and innovators, numerous resources and all relevant knowledge we need to make Lexpo even better.”

Joy Heath Rush, interim CEO at ILTA, added: “By working closely together with Lexpo, we will have first-hand access to the European legaltech scene and legal innovation initiatives, and as a result we can better serve our members around the globe. The decision to partner with Lexpo is an extension of our member value proposition, and the expertise and realworld experiences shared by our community can provide Lexpo additional ongoing learning and support for every professional who works in the European legal sector.”

This year’s main Lexpo themes are:

• Collaboration - Collaboration is key, not only between lawyers and their clients, but also between the professional experts working in different practice areas. Partners might recognize the need to change, but their buy-in doesn’t always translate to a change in behavior.

• Differentiation - Innovative legaltech solutions are hitting the market at an everincreasing rate, thereby facilitating the creation of level playing fields for all involved parties. How can law firms differentiate themselves to demonstrate competitive advantage to their clients?

• Valuation - What is legal advice really worth to clients? Does the means of delivery affect the value? How to work out the right price on the right deal? Can pricing and client service strategies help to differentiate a law firm from its competitors? How to define what customer-focused really means. And how can technology play a role?

• Cybersecurity - The news is full of stories about law firm hacks and ransomware victims. Cybersecurity remains a top priority for law firms, the reality is often disappointing: expensive security projects that do not necessarily offer a return on investment tend to be pretty unpopular with CIOs!

The two keynote sessions at Lexpo’19 are presented by Harvard Distinguished Fellow Heidi Gardner (Monday 8 April) and Fastcase 50 Global Legal Innovator Mitch Kowalski (Tuesday 9 April).

ABOUT LEXPO

Lexpo is a legal innovation conference and expo focused on the Continental European market. Since the inaugural edition in 2016, Lexpo has rapidly established itself as a prestigious event where all aspects of innovation in the legal industry is presented by internationally renowned speakers and subject matter experts to a large European audience of lawyers, support staff and in-house legal department employees.

ABOUT ILTA

The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) serves the professional needs of more than 24,000 international legal technology professionals, their member firms and in-house organizations. Our core values— respect, commitment to members, sharing of information and promoting lifelong learning—drive all we do to support the peer-driven organization that is ILTA. Since its founding in 1980, the association’s focus is to achieve results for our membership and the legal technology profession at large. ILTA provides membership programs throughout the year, including virtual and local meetings, authored content, publications, and several major events, including two ILTACON educational events (ILTACON North America: Orlando and ILTACON Europe: London.) Much of the value we provide as an association occurs through the coordinated efforts with our global volunteer membership teams to develop this programming and education throughout the year.

MORE INFORMATION

For questions or more information, please contact Rob Ameerun (Lexpo) at rob@lexpo.com or Patti Moran (ILTA) at patti@iltanet.org.